St. Pete Beach. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images) Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on Florida, Hurricane Milton arrived. The hurricane — which developed unusually rapidly according to climate scientists — brought destruction to Florida’s vulnerable Gulf Coast, leaving at least 10 dead and more than 2 million people without power. Hurricane…
Florida residents who fled hundreds of miles to escape Hurricane Milton made slow trips home on crowded highways, weary from their long journeys and the cleanup work awaiting them but also grateful to be coming back alive. “I love my house, but I’m not dying in it,” Fred Neuman said Friday while walking his dog outside a…
Arriving just two weeks after the devastating Hurricane Helene, Milton flooded barrier islands, tore the roof off the Tampa Bay Rays ‘ baseball stadium and toppled a construction crane | Representative(Photo: PTI) 5 min read Last Updated : Oct 12 2024 | 8:56 AM IST Florida residents slogged through flooded streets, gathered up scattered…
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A “wildcard” emerging out of the American Southeast has put Vice President Kamala Harris‘ campaign on its back foot, “losing” control of a narrative that could spell trouble for the Democrats in the final stretch, said political analysts who spoke to Newsweek. After two major hurricane landfalls in as many weeks, the Federal Emergency Management…
As officials issue their final pleas to residents to evacuate areas of Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival, some Floridians are choosing to stay. One of them is Stephanie Livermore, 41, who lives in a “high and dry” condo on the seventh floor in downtown St. Petersburg. “Getting out of here is no joke,” Livermore…
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Hurricane Milton may have fallen to Category 4 strength Wednesday morning, but the historic storm is still set to devastate the Gulf Coast and other parts of Florida when it makes landfall this evening into early Thursday morning. Hurricane Milton’s position Wednesday morning. FoxWeather The first rain bands have moved in on the Sunshine State,…
Hurricane Milton continues its path toward Southwest Florida as a major hurricane. The NBC2 First Alert Hurricane team is tracking the storm Milton in the Gulf as it is expected to make landfall on Florida’s west coast. As of the 5 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Milton has maintained strength as a…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton churned Wednesday toward a potentially catastrophic collision along the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay after millions were ordered to evacuate and officials warned that stragglers would face grim odds of surviving. The Tampa Bay area, home to more than 3.3 million people, faced…